The Best Language for Math
Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math concepts more clearly than English.
Article Type: Mathematics
The Astonishing Math Knowledge of Honeybees
Honeybees are the greatest geometers. They have known what human mathematicians didn’t know for thousands of years.
A Conversation With Steven Strogatz
Strogatz talks about mathematics, technology, and education with Patrick Honner, a math teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School.
Why Applications of Calculus in Real Life is Essential to Make Kids Love Math?
Applications of calculus in real life is really essential to teach abstract math and make kids love mathematics.
The Coach Who Led the U.S. Math Team Back to the Top
Po-Shen Loh is the US math team coach. Quanta Magazine recently spoke with Loh about his approach to coaching.
Topology 101: The Hole Truth
This article is an introduction to topology to show the relationships among the properties of flexible shapes have fascinated mathematicians.
Sherlock Holmes’ Most Difficult Math Problem: Bicycle Tracks
Sherlock was a genius. But was he good at math? To learn that, check out the article about his problem with bicycle tracks.
How One Man’s Bad Math Helped Ruin Decades Of English Soccer
From the more mature sabermetric movements of baseball and basketball to growing ones in soccer and hockey, evidence-based examination has led to new thoughts and ideas about the games we…
The Father of Infinity and Modern Mathematics: Georg Cantor
“In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.” That analysis below belongs to the undervalued genius of his time, Georg Cantor. One…
Doing the Touchy Math on Who Should Get a COVID Vaccine First?
Mathematicians model pandemic scenarios by plugging thorny ethical and logistical issues into calculations If the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics, as Galileo once declared, the…
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